Why England Slept by Kennedy, John F Why England Slept Kennedy, John F. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First edition. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. Publisher's rose cloth. Spine faded, light wear to spine ends. First edition. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. JFK's First Book, Inscribed to Newsman Arthur Krock. The first edition of John F. Kennedy's first book, inscribed to Arthur Krock: "To Mr. Krock. Who Baptized, Christened, and was Best Man for this book - with my sincere thanks, Jack Kennedy." Arthur Krock (1886-1974), the "Dean of Washington Newsmen," was Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times and wrote the "In the Nation" column. He was a close friend and political ally of Joe Kennedy and his children. He advised John F. Kennedy with the revisions of his 1939 senior honors paper, "Appeasement in Munich," in preparation for its publication the following year.

It was Krock who suggested the new title, Why England Slept, a response to Churchill's While England Slept. Krock would continue to advise the young Kennedy, who thanked him In the Preface to Profiles in Courage. Ted Kennedy wrote admiringly of Krock in his tribute volume to his father: "Mr. Krock has long been one of the most respected newsmen and columnists in Washington. He was won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He met Dad [Joseph Kennedy] during the New Deal years and won his deep admiration. Mr. Krock advised President Kennedy in the writing of his first book, Why England Slept, and has been a source of valued help to my brothers and myself" (Edward Kennedy, The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy, p. 112). [With:] As We Remember Joe. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Privately Printed: Cambridge, Mass, 1945. First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy. Inscribed, "For Martha and Arthur Krock, Bob Kennedy.

Christmas 1965." Krock contributed a short reminiscence of Joe Kennedy from the 1940 Democratic National Convention, pp. 39-41. KENNEDY, Robert F. The Enemy Within. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1960. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Spine faded. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, With the thanks and admiration of his friend, Bob Kennedy." Krock wrote the foreword to The Enemy Within. The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy. Collected by Edward M. Kennedy. Privately Printed, 1965. Original blue cloth. Some scuffing to front cover. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, Who helped make The Fruitful Bough possible. With appreciation. Ted Kennedy. Sept 6 1965." With carbon of typescript of Krock's contribution to the volume as submitted for editing. Condition: Publisher's rose cloth. Spine faded, light wear to spine ends Edition: First edition Why England Slept. Kennedy, John F. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First edition.

Octavo, bound in full blue leather, all edges gilt. The dedication copy of John F. Kennedy's first book, Why England Slept, with Rose Kennedy's embossed name on the front panel. This copy was specially bound for the author's mother, Rose Kennedy and presented to her. This copy brought $52,900 at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sale at Sotheby's in May 1996. Housed in a full dark blue morocco clamshell box. Unique. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year.

(Newcomb, 10) Why England Slept. Kennedy, John F. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Asa Bordages with best wishes Jack Kennedy." The recipient, Asa Bordages was a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA. Lightest of rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear to the extremities. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option.

It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10) Why England Slept Kennedy, John F. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. . 252pp., published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard and was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation of Winston Churchill's work "While England Slept". Kennedy attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon disastrous policies. It became a bestseller and went though several printings in its first year. (Newcome, 10) A handsome copy bound in pictorial maroon cloth stamped in blue and white depicting a sleeping lion, spine lettering white over blue, darkening to pastedowns from binder's glue, near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, chipping to spine ends fold of spine and front panel partly split at foot, rear flap corner clipped at top. An attractive copy. Why England Slept [Pre-Publication Issue] Kennedy, John F. (Fitzgerals), Foreword By Henry R.

Luce New York: Wilfrid Funk, Inc., 1940. First Edition . Plain Wrappers. Very Good + Book/Good Dustjacket. 252 Pp. Probably The Earliest Published State Of The Book, Signatures Neatly Stitched With Nine Sets Of Stitching, But Unbound, Three Preliminary Blanks, Four Final Blanks. Red Pencil Note On Front Sheet, "Publication / Aug 1St /Price $2.00", (Actually Published In July According To Doris Kearns Goodwin), With Small "10", Written In Black Pencil On Verso., Possibly A Numbering For Control Of This Pre-Publication Copies. With The Unclipped Dj, With Printed Excerpt From Foreword On Rear Cover, Spine And Edges Worn And Chipped But Essentially Complete, Not Price-Clipped [$2.00], No Loss Of Lettering Or Design, Considerable Tape Reinforcement Inside, One Small Clear Tape Exterior Reinforcement. This Comes With With What May Be The Original Mailing Cardboard Reinforcement, Prestamped "U. S. Postage Paid 30 [Cents], St.

Paul Minn Permit #4021, Special 4Th Class Book". A Rare Issue, As Would Be Any Advance Copies Of Presidential Books Prior To The 1970'S; These Seldom If Ever Become Available In The Trade. Why England Slept. KENNEDY, John F. New York; Funk. 1940. First edition. 8vo. 252pp. Publisher's dark red cloth titled and decorated in blue and white to spine and front board. Clean and bright, some light bumping to spine ends, very good indeed. In a slightly fragile but nevertheless good, bright and vivid example of the scarce dustwrapper, faded to the spine and with some chipping to extremities and two small pieces of tape to reverse. Internally clean with some offsetting to pastedowns. A strong and handsome copy of Kennedy's analysis of British inter-bellum complacency and what it could mean for America. Why England Slept Kennedy, John F. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. Size=6.5"x9. (full book description) Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1992.

VG+, LEATHER BOUND, DJ Not Issued. Size=6.5"x9", 252pgs. Black leather binding with 4 raised spine ribs, 2 red leather spine labels, gold stamped lettering & designs on spine & front cover, light blue moire silk endpapers, all around page end gold gilt & attached cloth page marker, owner name embossment on Half Title Page, Easton Press bookplate with owner name across from Title Page, small ink date stamp (2) inside rear endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Rest of book Like New. 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES, WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE! Book Review: Why England Slept | TaoYue.com Home / Blogs / taoyue's blog /Book Review: Why England Slept Book Review: Why England Slept Submitted by taoyue on Fri, 12/16/2005 - 03:00 Why England Slept New York: Funk, July 1940. Reprinted by Greenwood Press, 1981. ISBN 0313228744.

It is difficult to read Why England Slept without seeing the shadow of the future president hanging over every word. Most prophetic indeed is Henry Luce's foreword, which notes on p. xiv: In recent months there has been a certain amount of alarm concerning the "attitude" of the younger generation. If John Kennedy is characteristic of the younger generation—and I believe he is—many of us would be happy to have the destinies of this Republic handed over to his generation at once. For it is Kennedy, after all, who launched the Peace Corps, challenged his country to land a man on the moon, and stirred countless young Americans with his optimistic talk of a New Frontier. Young Jack Kennedy had Destiny infused in every fiber of his being. The New Frontier ultimately died in the turbulent sixties amidst racial turmoil and mounting losses in Vietnam, followed by the rude economics lesson of the oil shock. But his vivid oratory and ideals, combined with the mystique of his wife Jacqueline, made the Kennedy legend into something that is discussed even today. Of course, Kennedy's influential father set him up for his destiny.

The book grew out of his senior thesis at Harvard, and it bears all the hallmarks of a senior thesis — it sticks to one narrowly defined topic, explores it thoroughly, and depends entirely on readings rather than personal experience. Many senior theses are written at Harvard, but rarely does one achieve a print run in the tens of thousands, or garner an enthusiastic foreword from the publisher of Life magazine. Without his father’s influence, it would not have achieved the success that it did. Why England Slept attempts to explain why Britain delayed rearming for so long prior to World War II. Its primary argument is that Britain deeply believed in the League of Nations and in the potential success of international disarmament conferences. It took time for these attitudes to change, and it was not until after the Munich conference that rearmament gained the wholehearted support of the whole nation. Kennedy develops this argument in a largely chronological account, beginning with the world financial crisis of 1931 and concluding shortly after Munich. Subtle changes in disposition from year-to-year are tracked with Parliamentary speeches and newspaper editorials. Aside from those speeches, the only facts and figures come from military budget figures. Yet his lucid exposition makes Kennedy's book a pleasure to read.

It goes by rapidly, for it was written to be digested by his professor in a couple of hours. It is also written in a conversational yet nevertheless academic style, just like the oratory for which Kennedy would later be famous. He demonstrates a thorough understanding of British politics and a good grasp of strategy, handles incomplete information sources with ease, and most importantly, is able to see comprehends the viewpoints of both sides. Although his sympathies clearly lie with democracy and capitalism, Kennedy thoroughly understands the many legitimate German grievances which set up such a dangerous situation that could be exploited by Hitler. In short, this is a damn fine senior thesis for an international affairs major. Contrast it with his much better-known book, the ghostwritten and Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage . Contrary to its reputation, I found its argument to be perfunctory and muddled, and its vivid accounts to be merely a substitute for a substantive analysis of the facts. Kennedy may have won an undeserved Pulitzer for a book that he didn't even write, but the book that he did write is actually better. Not the conventional story of appeasement The book is also revealing for the contemporary attitudes that it addresses.

Kennedy devotes a great deal of time to debunk the conventional wisdom about the appeasement of Hitler at Munich. He explains that he is not a Chamberlain apologist, as leaders must be held responsible for their actions, but he also points out the uncomfortable truth that Britain was in no shape to refuse Germany's demands. A particularly persuasive section on p. 185 explains: "The great trouble was that few could think of England except as the Mighty Britain of the nineteenth century ... People in America, filled with the myth of Britain's invincibility through the centuries, could not understand Chamberlain's desperate efforts to avert a war." Kennedy incorporates military budget figures, giving the reader a startlingly frank glance at the inaccuracies of myth — the world-spanning Royal Navy only has a slight budgetary advantage over the British Army, and even in 1936 the German military budget dwarfs those of Britain and France combined. Kennedy further drives home the point by noting that Britain's national income was already only a fraction of America's by 1936.

There is a tendency in history books to credit the Second World War with the decline of imperialism and the rise of the two superpowers, but Kennedy's analysis of prewar Britain demonstrates how vulnerable she already was prior to the war. The time was ripe for America's rise, and if World War II hadn't taken place, then surely some other event would have served as the catalyst for the end of Empire. Munich has passed into history as the ugliest example of appeasement — if the democracies had shown strength then, the argument goes, Hitler would have backed down. It is enlightening to read a different argument from a book published in 1940. Confront Hitler in 1938 and perhaps lose the ensuing war, but confront him in 1939 from a position of greater strength and stand a chance of stalling Nazi Germany just long enough for the Soviet Union and United States to bludgeon the Axis Powers into submission through their combined industrial might. In this reading, Munich was not a lesson about appeasement, but rather about preparedness (or deterrence, if you like).

"Brave little England" was little not in the land area of Empire she controlled, but in comparison to the rearmed German juggernaut that she confronted. Kennedy also presents an interesting if somewhat superficial analysis of the deficiencies of British industry — namely, that it wasn't suited to mass production, unlike German and American factories. In the end, it was production more than technical superiority that won the war. A 1940 peek at a 1960 figure Although it is interesting to read a contemporary take on events that later passed into canon in a different light, Kennedy does not focus on such flash points as Munich and the Spanish Civil War. Except as they related to British rearmament, world events hardly figure in the book. Why England Slept assumes that the reader already has a detailed familiarity with events leading up to the Second World War. There are no exciting tales of bravery and cowardice, of heroes and villains. It is not history or journalism — it is an intellectual exposition demonstrating the product of a Harvard education. Although there are some technical errors in his book, some can be attributed to intelligence deficiencies of the day.

For example, the Spitfire of the Battle of Britain is now considered roughly equal technically to the Bf-109 – it was the tactical situation that gave it superiority. The errors are all sufficiently minor that they do not affect his overall reasoning. One would appreciate his thorough knowledge two decades later in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet without sixty years of conventional wisdom to channel it into a specific way of thinking, Why England Slept takes a refreshingly fresh look at British rearmament. The legendary Churchill, later TIME Magazine's Man of the Half-Century, is presented as a distinctly polarizing figure, regarded as a dangerous lunatic in peacetime by some, yet possessing traits that happened to make him a great leader in wartime. Curious incidents, later to be forgotten amid other important historical events, were still memorable in 1940 — e.g., the Hudson-Wohlthat talks in which Britain offered to finance conversion of German arms factories into peaceful production. Kennedy considers the failed air disarmament talks important enough to devote many pages to it, whereas the history books remember only the successfully-concluded naval disarmament talks of the 1922 Washington Conference.

Why England Slept is not overwhelmingly brilliant, and someone not interested in the subject matter may see merely a collection of minutiae from newspapers and publicly available government documents, sprinkled with bits of analysis. But it does provide an intriguing glance at the attitudes of 1940, and at the formative years of a legendary American political figure of the twentieth century. Kennedy's articulate style forms a lucid account out of all the facts and figures, and occasionally flashes tantalizingly into a foreshadowing of future brilliance. In his eloquent summation of democracy's virtues, and in his call for sacrifices to be made in its defense, one can begin to see the beginnings of the "pay any price, bear any burden" Kennedy who would bring such a sense of purpose to the White House. Yet in his earnest argument that democracy and capitalism will naturally oppose the buildup of armaments, we see today a charming naïveté about the political power of the military-industrial complex. Those were simpler times, indeed.

Why England Slept by Kennedy, First Edition - AbeBooks Why England Slept by Kennedy, First Edition You Searched For: Results (1 - 22) of 22 Sort By Published by Hutchinson,London, 1940 (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson, London. Cloth. Book Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition Thus. xxxiii +256pp + 16pp book-list; Edges of boards damp-stained and edges of pages yellowed; D/w ragged though unclipped (price 3/6) and now in protective sleeving; No date but Foreword dated 1940; Digital photos available on request; Size: 12mo. Bookseller Inventory # 006293 Published by Hutchinson & Co, London (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson & Co, London, 1940. Cloth. Book Condition: Good.

The 1940 1st British edition of JFK.s first published book, his senior thesis at Harvard, analyzing England's decision to resist Hitler when it did (rather than even earlier). Solid and G+ in its red cloth, with light staining -and spotting-- at the panels and along the spine. 12mo, 234 pgs. plus bibliography and publisher's ads. Bookseller Inventory # 10671 Published by Hutchinson of London, London (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson of London, London, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. First UK edition. 12mo, red cloth, 1940 publisher's adverts. of 40 pp. JFK's first book, written as a senior thesis at Harvard. His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, influenced the publication of this as a book in England. Foreword by Henry R. Luce. Ex libris the Headmaster of Tunbridge Public School.

Bookseller Inventory # 002873 Kennedy Published by Wilfred Funk: NY (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk: NY, 1940. 8.25 x 5.5", pict red cloth, 252pp with Bibliography, covers rubbed and darkened with a couple of small stains, spine sunned, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, gutters of end papers browned from glue underneath, ink writing from former owner on from fep (along with a couple of browned adhesion marks, pp used, edges of textblock soiled, with some finger soiling. FIRST EDITION (NAP) OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. SCARCE. Bookseller Inventory # 99-5065 More Information About This Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question 5. Stock Image Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, Robert F.

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York (2010) ISBN 10: 0393067602 ISBN 13: 9780393067606 Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 2010. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. First Edition. all five volumes , AEG, 4 raised bands , silk endpapers, silk ribbon page markers, Heavy set additional postage will apply Size: 8vo. Bookseller Inventory # 177681 Published by Wilfred Funk, New York (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, New York, 1940. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. True first edition (American). Introduction by Henry R. Luce. The front boards are bright red with a white/blue design imprint. The DJ has darkening to the spine and edgewear, the head of the DJ is chipped.

Included with the book is new, a facsimile DJ of the original. Very affordable true first edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 019335 Published by Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. Book Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: not present. First Edition. This is the first U.S. printing of the first book of a future President. Derived from his senior thesis at Harvard. 8vo 5.35" x 8,25" pp. [x] xxx 1-252. Glue spotting to front and rear end paper, bookseller notation in pencil, small spotting to front and rear cover, rub on lower front cover, light fading to blue colored page top. This is a tight, clean copy of a seminal book from one who was destined to become a great politician. "This does not mean that labor is entirely to blame for Britain's lack of preparation. The Government and business were equally short-sighted.

I cite this instance because it contains an important illustration of the problems with which a democracy must be face when dealing with a modern defense program." (p 202). Red cloth with blue and white sleeping lion on the cover and white text on blue band on spine. Bookseller Inventory # 9 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition from 1940 by Hutchinson and Co, the British publishers for Why England Slept, complete with catalogue for upcoming publications in Fall of that year. This book has come from the collection of Percy Paley, first inscribed with his address in 1940, and then updated to Castle Hacket. This was the Kirwin estate in Galway, where Paley built up a library of some renown. From there it went on to the private collection of the published historian Dr. Sheila Mulloy, before now being made available for sale. Her sticker has been removed causing some abrasion as can be seen in the photos.

This book has been well-read and Paley has made some notes, one on the inside of the back cover as photographed, and approx. five more throughout the book - but carefully and in pencil. It has been well taken care of, the pages are clean, free from dog ears and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is slightly tattered at the edges, with a small tear and some creasing, but the colours are still bright. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-18277242374 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: New York; Funk. 1940, 1940. First edition. 8vo. 252pp. Publisher's dark red cloth titled and decorated in blue and white to spine and front board. Clean and bright, some light bumping to spine ends, very good indeed. In a slightly fragile but nevertheless good, bright and vivid example of the scarce dustwrapper, faded to the spine and with some chipping to extremities and two small pieces of tape to reverse. Internally clean with some offsetting to pastedowns. A strong and handsome copy of Kennedy's analysis of British inter-bellum complacency and what it could mean for America.

Bookseller Inventory # 39711 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1940. The 1940 1st British edition of JFK.s first published book, his senior thesis at Harvard, analyzing England's decision to resist Hitler when it did (rather than even earlier). The book is good+ in its red cloth, with light staining and spotting at the panels and along the spine. Plus bibliography and publisher's ads. In a good+/very good unclipped wrapper with some light chipping to the spine tips and corners. Some wear and tear to the edges. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-16882483951 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson & Co n.d., London. Red cloth stamped in black. Book Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. 16mo 5" x 7." pp. [xii] xxxiii 37-25 plus 16 pp.

ads. JFK's Harvard thesis as it was adroitly published through connections of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was serving as Ambassador to Great Britain at the time. Wear to head of spine, slightly leaning spine, edges toned, tiny closed tears to upper edges of front free end paper & half title page. In pictorial dust jacket with edge wear & chips to corners, but price intact. Personal library paste down on front end paper, no owner written in, covering name in blue ink, "L. Esconde Mondude / Winchmore Hill Rd. No. 21" Forward by Henry R. Luce. "With this new spirit alive in England my story ends. England is now awake; it had taken a great shock to bring home a realization of the enormity of the task it was facing. All the latent energy stored up in England during the last seven years is being expended in vigorous drive for victory. Industry and labour, the rich and the poor, are contributing to England's fight for survival, with the knowledge that this is a supreme test of democracy's ability to survive in this changing world." (p 217).

Bookseller Inventory # 8 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfrid Funk, Inc., New York, 1940. Plain Wrappers. Book Condition: Very Good + Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dustjacket. First Edition. 252 Pp. Probably The Earliest Published State Of The Book, Signatures Neatly Stitched With Nine Sets Of Stitching, But Unbound, Three Preliminary Blanks, Four Final Blanks. Red Pencil Note On Front Sheet, "Publication / Aug 1St /Price $2.00", (Actually Published In July According To Doris Kearns Goodwin), With Small "10", Written In Black Pencil On Verso., Possibly A Numbering For Control Of This Pre-Publication Copies. With The Unclipped Dj, With Printed Excerpt From Foreword On Rear Cover, Spine And Edges Worn And Chipped But Essentially Complete, Not Price-Clipped [$2.00], No Loss Of Lettering Or Design, Considerable Tape Reinforcement Inside, One Small Clear Tape Exterior Reinforcement. This Comes With With What May Be The Original Mailing Cardboard Reinforcement, Prestamped "U. S.

Postage Paid 30 [Cents], St. Paul Minn Permit #4021, Special 4Th Class Book". A Rare Issue, As Would Be Any Advance Copies Of Presidential Books Prior To The 1970'S; These Seldom If Ever Become Available In The Trade. Bookseller Inventory # 018626 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. . 252pp., published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard and was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation of Winston Churchill's work "While England Slept". Kennedy attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon disastrous policies. It became a bestseller and went though several printings in its first year.

(Newcome, 10) A handsome copy bound in pictorial maroon cloth stamped in blue and white depicting a sleeping lion, spine lettering white over blue, darkening to pastedowns from binder's glue, near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, chipping to spine ends fold of spine and front panel partly split at foot, rear flap corner clipped at top. An attractive copy. Bookseller Inventory # 021052 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Asa Bordages with best wishes Jack Kennedy." The recipient, Asa Bordages was a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA. Lightest of rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear to the extremities. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis.

The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10). Bookseller Inventory # 19055 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, 1940. FIRST EDITION. WHY ENGLAND SLEPT, Wilfred Funk, 1940, first edition, upper left corner of rear cover bumped, else just about a vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear.

INSCRIBED by the author, most likely at time of publication, to one of his Harvard University classmates, Donald Thurber, who later became a life long friend and a significant political ally from Michigan who aided Kennedy in his 1960 quest for the Whitehouse and later became an University of Michigan Regent. The first book of the author and later 35th President. Accompanied by RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY by Donald Thurber published by The Prismatic Club of Detroit and The Charles Kelly Foundation in 1995, first edition, a fine copy being #22/350 copies, this one SIGNED by the author. Herein, Thurber relates in fine detail his friendship with JFK. Bookseller Inventory # 10986 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First edition. Octavo, bound in full blue leather, all edges gilt. The dedication copy of John F. Kennedy's first book, Why England Slept, with Rose Kennedy's embossed name on the front panel. This copy was specially bound for the author's mother, Rose Kennedy and presented to her.

This copy brought $52,900 at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sale at Sotheby's in May 1996. Housed in a full dark blue morocco clamshell box. Unique. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10). Bookseller Inventory # 5850 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. xx, 252 pp. 8vo.

JFK's First Book, Inscribed to Newsman Arthur Krock. The first edition of John F. Kennedy's first book, inscribed to Arthur Krock: "To Mr. Krock. Who Baptized, Christened, and was Best Man for this book - with my sincere thanks, Jack Kennedy."Arthur Krock (1886-1974), the "Dean of Washington Newsmen," was Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times and wrote the "In the Nation" column. He was a close friend and political ally of Joe Kennedy and his children. He advised John F. Kennedy with the revisions of his 1939 senior honors paper, "Appeasement in Munich," in preparation for its publication the following year. It was Krock who suggested the new title, Why England Slept, a response to Churchill's While England Slept. Krock would continue to advise the young Kennedy, who thanked him In the Preface to Profiles in Courage.Ted Kennedy wrote admiringly of Krock in his tribute volume to his father: "Mr. Krock has long been one of the most respected newsmen and columnists in Washington.

He was won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He met Dad [Joseph Kennedy] during the New Deal years and won his deep admiration. Mr. Krock advised President Kennedy in the writing of his first book, Why England Slept, and has been a source of valued help to my brothers and myself" (Edward Kennedy, The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy, p. 112).[With:] As We Remember Joe. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Privately Printed: Cambridge, Mass, 1945. First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy. Inscribed, "For Martha and Arthur Krock, Bob Kennedy. Christmas 1965." Krock contributed a short reminiscence of Joe Kennedy from the 1940 Democratic National Convention, pp. 39-41.KENNEDY, Robert F. The Enemy Within. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1960. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Spine faded.

Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, With the thanks and admiration of his friend, Bob Kennedy." Krock wrote the foreword to The Enemy Within.The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy. Collected by Edward M. Kennedy. Privately Printed, 1965. Original blue cloth. Some scuffing to front cover. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, Who helped make The Fruitful Bough possible. With appreciation. Ted Kennedy. Sept 6 1965." With carbon of typescript of Krock's contribution to the volume as submitted for editing. Publisher's rose cloth. Spine faded, light wear to spine ends. Bookseller Inventory # 260820 Why England Slept by Kennedy - AbeBooks Why England Slept by Kennedy You Searched For: Results (1 - 18) of 18 Sort By Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (1962) Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1962. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1962. 192 pages.

Orange dust jacket with black lettering over blue cloth. Firm binding. Distinct tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front paste down. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with no visible marks. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear to edges and corners. Noticeable soiling across the DJ, with one small white mark (approx. 1cm) near top of spine. book. Bookseller Inventory # 1471858852NAT Published by Dolphin/Doubleday, Garden City (1962) Used Soft Cover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Dolphin/Doubleday, Garden City, 1962. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First printing of this edition. Spine tanned, small white mark on spine, faint trace of wear to spine ends. Clean, tight copy. Size: A Little Over 7 x 4 Inches. Bookseller Inventory # 903841 Published by Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers), Ltd. [1940], London (1940) Used Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson and Co.

(Publishers), Ltd. [1940], London, 1940. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. 5 x 7.5 inches. 256 pp. + 40 pp. publisher's catalogue. Bound in original red cloth with titles in black. Slight wear to extremities and browning of paper but otherwise a good copy. The first published book by the future US President, based on his Harvard thesis. The title alludes to Winston Churchill's 1938 book, While England Slept, tracing the build-up of German strength in the thirties and this title suggests that England was unable to confront the Nazi state until the she had carried out rearmament by the end of that decade. HISTORY/THEOLOGY 20th CENTURY HISTORY 20TH CENTURY HISTORY/THEOLOGY. Bookseller Inventory # 23405 Published by Wilfred Funk Inc. Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk Inc. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1961 printing.

Binding is sound. Slight tear on spine. Pages are intact and free of marks. Written when John F Kennedy was a Harvard senior, this Inaugural Edition of the future president's senior thesis comes to you wrapped in a protective mylar jacket to ensure enjoyment for many years to come. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Bookseller Inventory # 515060999 Published by Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York (1940) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. Book Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: not present. First Edition. This is the first U.S. printing of the first book of a future President. Derived from his senior thesis at Harvard. 8vo 5.35" x 8,25" pp. [x] xxx 1-252. Glue spotting to front and rear end paper, bookseller notation in pencil, small spotting to front and rear cover, rub on lower front cover, light fading to blue colored page top. This is a tight, clean copy of a seminal book from one who was destined to become a great politician.

"This does not mean that labor is entirely to blame for Britain's lack of preparation. The Government and business were equally short-sighted. I cite this instance because it contains an important illustration of the problems with which a democracy must be face when dealing with a modern defense program." (p 202). Red cloth with blue and white sleeping lion on the cover and white text on blue band on spine. Bookseller Inventory # 9 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition from 1940 by Hutchinson and Co, the British publishers for Why England Slept, complete with catalogue for upcoming publications in Fall of that year. This book has come from the collection of Percy Paley, first inscribed with his address in 1940, and then updated to Castle Hacket. This was the Kirwin estate in Galway, where Paley built up a library of some renown. From there it went on to the private collection of the published historian Dr. Sheila Mulloy, before now being made available for sale.

Her sticker has been removed causing some abrasion as can be seen in the photos. This book has been well-read and Paley has made some notes, one on the inside of the back cover as photographed, and approx. five more throughout the book - but carefully and in pencil. It has been well taken care of, the pages are clean, free from dog ears and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is slightly tattered at the edges, with a small tear and some creasing, but the colours are still bright. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-18277242374 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: New York; Funk. 1940, 1940. First edition. 8vo. 252pp. Publisher's dark red cloth titled and decorated in blue and white to spine and front board. Clean and bright, some light bumping to spine ends, very good indeed. In a slightly fragile but nevertheless good, bright and vivid example of the scarce dustwrapper, faded to the spine and with some chipping to extremities and two small pieces of tape to reverse. Internally clean with some offsetting to pastedowns.

A strong and handsome copy of Kennedy's analysis of British inter-bellum complacency and what it could mean for America. Bookseller Inventory # 39711 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1940. The 1940 1st British edition of JFK.s first published book, his senior thesis at Harvard, analyzing England's decision to resist Hitler when it did (rather than even earlier). The book is good+ in its red cloth, with light staining and spotting at the panels and along the spine. Plus bibliography and publisher's ads. In a good+/very good unclipped wrapper with some light chipping to the spine tips and corners. Some wear and tear to the edges. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-16882483951 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hutchinson & Co n.d., London. Red cloth stamped in black. Book Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. First U.K. Edition, First Printing.

16mo 5" x 7." pp. [xii] xxxiii 37-25 plus 16 pp. ads. JFK's Harvard thesis as it was adroitly published through connections of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was serving as Ambassador to Great Britain at the time. Wear to head of spine, slightly leaning spine, edges toned, tiny closed tears to upper edges of front free end paper & half title page. In pictorial dust jacket with edge wear & chips to corners, but price intact. Personal library paste down on front end paper, no owner written in, covering name in blue ink, "L. Esconde Mondude / Winchmore Hill Rd. No. 21" Forward by Henry R. Luce. "With this new spirit alive in England my story ends. England is now awake; it had taken a great shock to bring home a realization of the enormity of the task it was facing. All the latent energy stored up in England during the last seven years is being expended in vigorous drive for victory.

Industry and labour, the rich and the poor, are contributing to England's fight for survival, with the knowledge that this is a supreme test of democracy's ability to survive in this changing world." (p 217). Bookseller Inventory # 8 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. . 252pp., published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard and was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation of Winston Churchill's work "While England Slept". Kennedy attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon disastrous policies. It became a bestseller and went though several printings in its first year. (Newcome, 10) A handsome copy bound in pictorial maroon cloth stamped in blue and white depicting a sleeping lion, spine lettering white over blue, darkening to pastedowns from binder's glue, near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, chipping to spine ends fold of spine and front panel partly split at foot, rear flap corner clipped at top. An attractive copy.

Bookseller Inventory # 021052 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Asa Bordages with best wishes Jack Kennedy." The recipient, Asa Bordages was a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA. Lightest of rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear to the extremities. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement. The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option.

It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10). Bookseller Inventory # 19055 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, 1940. FIRST EDITION. WHY ENGLAND SLEPT, Wilfred Funk, 1940, first edition, upper left corner of rear cover bumped, else just about a vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. INSCRIBED by the author, most likely at time of publication, to one of his Harvard University classmates, Donald Thurber, who later became a life long friend and a significant political ally from Michigan who aided Kennedy in his 1960 quest for the Whitehouse and later became an University of Michigan Regent. The first book of the author and later 35th President. Accompanied by RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY by Donald Thurber published by The Prismatic Club of Detroit and The Charles Kelly Foundation in 1995, first edition, a fine copy being #22/350 copies, this one SIGNED by the author.

Herein, Thurber relates in fine detail his friendship with JFK. Bookseller Inventory # 10986 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. First edition. Octavo, bound in full blue leather, all edges gilt. The dedication copy of John F. Kennedy's first book, Why England Slept, with Rose Kennedy's embossed name on the front panel. This copy was specially bound for the author's mother, Rose Kennedy and presented to her. This copy brought $52,900 at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sale at Sotheby's in May 1996. Housed in a full dark blue morocco clamshell box. Unique. Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchill's work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedy's. It was dedicated to John's parents, Rose and Joe Kennedy. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why England's leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement.

The book served as a warning to those in our country who felt that appeasing Hitler and staying out of the war was a viable option. It became a bestseller in the United States and went through several printings in its first year. (Newcomb, 10). Bookseller Inventory # 5850 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Wilfred Funk, Inc, New York, 1940. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. xx, 252 pp. 8vo. JFK's First Book, Inscribed to Newsman Arthur Krock. The first edition of John F. Kennedy's first book, inscribed to Arthur Krock: "To Mr. Krock. Who Baptized, Christened, and was Best Man for this book - with my sincere thanks, Jack Kennedy."Arthur Krock (1886-1974), the "Dean of Washington Newsmen," was Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times and wrote the "In the Nation" column. He was a close friend and political ally of Joe Kennedy and his children. He advised John F.

Kennedy with the revisions of his 1939 senior honors paper, "Appeasement in Munich," in preparation for its publication the following year. It was Krock who suggested the new title, Why England Slept, a response to Churchill's While England Slept. Krock would continue to advise the young Kennedy, who thanked him In the Preface to Profiles in Courage.Ted Kennedy wrote admiringly of Krock in his tribute volume to his father: "Mr. Krock has long been one of the most respected newsmen and columnists in Washington. He was won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He met Dad [Joseph Kennedy] during the New Deal years and won his deep admiration. Mr. Krock advised President Kennedy in the writing of his first book, Why England Slept, and has been a source of valued help to my brothers and myself" (Edward Kennedy, The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy, p. 112).[With:] As We Remember Joe. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Privately Printed: Cambridge, Mass, 1945. First edition, second issue. Original burgundy cloth. Fine copy.

Inscribed, "For Martha and Arthur Krock, Bob Kennedy. Christmas 1965." Krock contributed a short reminiscence of Joe Kennedy from the 1940 Democratic National Convention, pp. 39-41.KENNEDY, Robert F. The Enemy Within. Harper & Brothers: New York, 1960. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Spine faded. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, With the thanks and admiration of his friend, Bob Kennedy." Krock wrote the foreword to The Enemy Within.The Fruitful Bough: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy. Collected by Edward M. Kennedy. Privately Printed, 1965. Original blue cloth. Some scuffing to front cover. Inscribed, "To Arthur Krock, Who helped make The Fruitful Bough possible. With appreciation. Ted Kennedy. Sept 6 1965." With carbon of typescript of Krock's contribution to the volume as submitted for editing. Publisher's rose cloth. Spine faded, light wear to spine ends. Bookseller Inventory # 260820 About the Author John F.

Kennedy (1917–1963), thirty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a family already very familiar with politics. Kennedy earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University in 1940. That same year, his senior thesis, Why England Slept, was published. It examined Britain's reaction to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany. From 1941 to 1945, Kennedy served in World War II as a torpedo boat commander and was honored for his bravery. His political career began when he returned home to Massachusetts. In 1946, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and, in 1952, to the United States Senate. During his eight years as a senator, Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier and wrote the 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner Profiles in Courage, a book that examines the brave and moral actions of eight politicians. In 1960, he was elected president of the United States, the youngest person and the first Catholic to achieve that office.

In 1962, President Kennedy faced a serious nuclear confrontation with what was then the Soviet Union in an episode known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also created the Peace Corps and was a supporter of civil rights legislation. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Signed copy of JFK book Why England Slept, meant as present for Queen Elizabeth before his assassination, to go under the hammer | Daily Mail Online Signed copy of JFK book Why England Slept, meant as present for Queen Elizabeth before his assassination, to go under the hammer Why England Slept is being sold online on auction site Picollecta.com JFK wrote book, about events that led to WWII, while studying at Harvard The dedication reads: 'To Elizabeth (II) with affection John F Kennedy' Below signature he adds in brackets: 'We must not fear to negotiate' Expected to fetch hundreds of pounds when auction ends on December 12 comments A signed copy of a book by assassinated US president John F Kennedy, said to be intended as a gift to the Queen, is to go under the hammer.

The copy of Why England Slept, by John F Kennedy, which bears the dedication: 'To Elizabeth (II) with affection John F Kennedy' and the quote 'we must not fear to negotiate', is being sold online on auction site Picollecta.com. Kennedy was president of the United States from 1961 until he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 - nearly exactly 50 years ago. Under the hammer: The copy of Why England Slept, by John F Kennedy, is being sold online on auction site Picollecta.com England slept: Why England Slept, about the events leading up to the Second World War, was written by JFK during his senior year at Harvard University Why England Slept, about the events leading up to the Second World War, was written by JFK during his senior year at Harvard University. Published in 1940, it was re-published during his term as president and the signed copy was published in 1962.

RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The inside page bears a dedication in blue ink which reads: 'To Elizabeth (II) with affection John F Kennedy' and then in brackets, 'we must not fear to negotiate!', while the front cover has the words 'is still sleeping' written in pencil. Dedication: The inside page bears a dedication in blue ink which reads: 'To Elizabeth (II) with affection John F Kennedy' and then in brackets, 'we must not fear to negotiate!' Old acquaintances: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh entertained President Kennedy and wife Jackie at a dinner at Buckingham palace in 1961 It is said to have been intended as a gift to the Queen when Kennedy visited England for crucial Cold War talks with Harold Macmillan in Sussex in June 1963, but she was in Scotland at the time so could not receive it. The words 'we must not fear to negotiate' are a variation of words used by Kennedy in his inaugural address when he said: 'let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate'.

A Picollecta.com spokesman said the book has a letter of provenance from its seller explaining that he bought it from an antiquarian and rare book dealer in Stamford, Lincolnshire in April 2001. But he added: 'There is no record of how it ended up in Lincolnshire.' The book is expected to raise several hundreds of pounds, with the auction ending on December 12. How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler: Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis as he travelled through Germany before Second World War | Daily Mail Online comments A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis. The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War.

President Kennedy's travelogues and letters chronicling his wanderings through Germany before WWII, when Adolf Hitler was in power, have been unearthed and show him generally in favour of the movement that was to plunge the world into the greatest war in history Secret: A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis 'Fascism?' wrote the youthful president-to-be in one. 'The right thing for Germany.' In another; 'What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?' And on August 21, 1937 - two years before the war that would claim 50 million lives broke out - he wrote: 'The Germans really are too good - therefore people have ganged up on them to protect themselves.' And in a line which seems directly plugged into the racial superiority line plugged by the Third Reich he wrote after travelling through the Rhineland: 'The Nordic races certainly seem to be superior to the Romans.' The future president's praise is now embarrassing in hindsight - a few years later he fought in War War Two against the Nazis and his elder brother Lt. Joseph Patrick 'Joe' Kennedy, Jr was killed.

Revealing: Presidential diaries and photographs are among more than 500 items from a collection of John F. Kennedy documents and artifacts Tour: Kennedy recovers, right, from jaundice in a London hospital in 1937 and left juggles on a street in Amsterdam during a trip to Europe Trip: Kennedy and one of his sisters ride camels in Egypt in 1939 'I CAN IMAGINE NO MORE REWARDING A CAREER': JOHN F KENNEDY'S MILITARY SERVICE As a young man, the future president had desperately wanted to go into the Navy but was originally rejected - mainly due to a back injury he sustained playing football while attending Harvard. In 1941, though, his politically connected father Joe P Kennedy used his influence to get him in to the service and he joined the Navy. In 1942, Kennedy volunteered for PT (motorized torpedo) boat duty in the Pacific. On 12 June 1944 he received the Navy's highest honor for gallantry for his heroic actions as a gunboat pilot during World War II. The Navy Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart were presented to Lt.

Kennedy for his heroics and injuries sustained in the rescue of the crew of PT 109 during on August 2, 1943 when the motor torpedo boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer. His back was hurt during duty and Kennedy was released from all active duty and finally retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve on physical disability in March 1945. 'I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: I served in the United States Navy.' John F Kennedy Source: History.com Other musings concern how great the autobahns were - 'the best roads in the world' - and how, having visited Hitler's Bavarian holiday home in Berchtesgaden and the tea house built on top of the mountain for him. He declared; 'Who has visited these two places can easily imagine how Hitler will emerge from the hatred currently surrounding him to emerge in a few years as one of the most important personalities that ever lived.' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Kennedy's admiration for Nazi Germany is revealed in a book entitled 'John F.

Kennedy - Among the Germans. Travel diaries and letters 1937-1945.' When World War II did arrive, the future president's father, Joe P Kennedy, strongly opposed going into battle with Germany and made several missteps that severely damaged his political career. He adopted a defeatist, anti-war stance and tried to arrange a meeting with Adolf Hitler without the approval of the Department of State. The reasons for this are unclear - some speculate he was eager to do anything to avoid war because he feared that American capitalism - which he profited from - would not survive the country’s entry into the conflict. In his role as US ambassador to Britain he also opposed providing the UK with military and economic aid. He said in an interview 'Democracy is finished in England. It may be here [in the US]. During the World War II, JFK's older brother Joe volunteered for a secret mission testing an experimental drone plane packed with explosives - a weapon the Allies hoped to use as a guided missile. On the first test flight, the explosives detonated prematurely and the plane exploded - his body was never found.

Studies: The future American president sits at a typewriter, holding open his published thesis, 'Why England Slept' March 1939, London, John F. Kennedy and his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, US Ambassador to Great Britain, board an Air France plane at Croydon Airport. He accompanied his father to Rome, where he will be representing President Roosevelt at the coronation of Pope Pius XII Pals: Kennedy and Lem Billings, right, who was a classmate from the Choate School and Princeton University, outside a drugstore in the mid 1930s Travel companion: Kennedy, Dunker the dog, and Lem Billings at the Hague, during their Europe trip The youthful president carved his own place in history when he stood outside the West Berlin town hall of Schoeneberg on June 26 1963 to declare US solidarity with the city and the continent with the immortal words; 'Ich bin ein Berliner.' The fact that, strictly speaking, he was referring to himself as a doughnut - a Berliner - did not diminish the wild enthusiasm for him.

But his praise of Hitler in a country still struggling to come to terms with his legacy may prove awkward for Obama who will visit Berlin for wide-ranging talks with Chancellor Merkel on June 18 and 19. US President John F. Kennedy at the Schoeneberg Town Hall during his visit to Germany. The youthful president carved his own place in history when he stood outside the West Berlin town hall on June 26 1963 to declare US solidarity with the city and the continent with the immortal words; 'Ich bin ein Berliner' Infamous: One of President Kennedy's speech cards carrying his famous remark 'Ich bin ein Berline', which he delivered in a speech that electrified an adoring crowd in Berlin Fans: Thousands of citizens lined the main street in West Berlin as the president arrived flanked by police and bodyguards Farewell: President John F. Kennedy waves goodbye as he leaves Berlin for Ireland But his praise was not entirely without caveats. 'It is evident that the Germans were scary for him,' said Spiegel magazine in Berlin.

In the diaries of the three trips he made to prewar Germany he also recognised; 'Hitler seems to be as popular here as Mussolini in Germany, although propaganda is probably his most powerful weapon.' Observers say his writings ranged between aversion and attraction for Germany. The book also contains his impressions when walking through a shattered Berlin after the war: 'An overwhelming stench of bodies - sweet and nauseating'. And of the recently deceased Fuehrer he said; 'His boundless ambition for his country made him a threat to peace in the world, but he had something mysterious about him. He was the stuff of legends.' The book editor's believe that he was 'eerily fascinated' by fascism. Bad timing: The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War

Question: Which President wrote Why England Slept about the rise of Fascism?
Answer: John F. Kennedy